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Particle streak velocimetry-optical coherence tomography: a novel method for multidimensional imaging of microscale

Kevin C Zhou1, Brendan K Huang2, Ute A Gamm3

  • 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA; Current affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Fitzpatrick CIEMAS, 101 Science Dr., NC 27708, USA; kevin.zhou@duke.edu.

Biomedical Optics Express
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(110.4153) Motion estimation and optical flow(110.4500) Optical coherence tomography(120.7250) Velocimetry(170.3880) Medical and biological imaging(280.2490) Flow diagnostics

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